Nursery World - Unison backs off on local pay deals

Unison's chief negotiators have been forced to back down in their fight for a national pay settlement for Scotland's nursery nurses. At a meeting last week the public services trade union agreed that it would be investigating offers across local authorities in an attempt to end the dispute, which began on 1 March. Local pay deals have already been agreed with 15 of Scotland's 32 local councils. The latest to settle are East Dunbartonshire, Midlothian and North Lanarkshire.

At a meeting last week the public services trade union agreed that it would be investigating offers across local authorities in an attempt to end the dispute, which began on 1 March. Local pay deals have already been agreed with 15 of Scotland's 32 local councils. The latest to settle are East Dunbartonshire, Midlothian and North Lanarkshire.

Angela Lynes, chair of Unison's negotiators, spoke of the difficulty the union faced in agreeing to move to local negotiations, but said it could no longer ask the striking nursery nurses to 'continue to suffer in the face of the employers' intransigence'. She added that the nursery nurses would remain on strike until satisfactory local offers were made.

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